Leading with Purpose: Relationship Lessons from a Life of Service

Episode 3

A reflective conversation on service, leadership, and the relationships that shape a life of purpose.

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This episode of Relationship Strategy Made Simple takes a more personal turn.

In a reflective, interview-style conversation, Kitanya speaks with her father, Jerry Murray, retired Executive Director of Msaada Architects, about a lifetime of mission-driven leadership and global service. While his work spanned decades and continents, the focus of this episode is not on buildings or programs but on the relationships that made meaningful work possible.

Together, they explore:

• How nonprofit leadership differs from for-profit work when viewed through a human lens

• The role of trust, shared mission, and relationship-building across cultures

• Leading teams through limited resources and high-pressure seasons

• The intersection of family values, service, and leadership

• Gratitude as both a personal practice and a leadership skill

Released during the Thanksgiving season, this episode invites listeners to reflect on the mentors, colleagues, and relationships that shape their own leadership journeys and to consider how leading with purpose begins and ends with people.